Category: Christmas

Several years ago, our children were going to start getting Christmas gifts for my wife and me. This was the first Christmas after my son had moved out of the house. The kids planned this change to our Christmas routine as a surprise. They would give us these gifts when we did our normal gift… Continue reading Special Christmas Title

I listen to a lot of Christmas music between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I have an iPod Classic that I load with my holiday music playlist.  There are a handful of albums in my collection that should be a requirement for anyone serious about Christmas music.  What Christmas playlist would be complete without Elvis and The… Continue reading Obscure Music from My Christmas Playlist – The Ugly

I listen to a lot of Christmas music between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I have an iPod Classic that I load with my holiday music playlist.  There are a handful of albums in my collection that should be a requirement for anyone serious about Christmas music.  What Christmas playlist would be complete without Elvis and The… Continue reading Obscure Music from My Christmas Playlist – The Bad

I listen to a lot of Christmas music between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I have an iPod Classic that I load with my holiday music playlist.  There are a handful of albums in my collection that should be a requirement for anyone serious about Christmas music.  What Christmas playlist would be complete without Elvis and The… Continue reading Obscure Music from My Christmas Playlist – The Good

When I was growing up, there was a family that lived just up the street from us that we spent a lot of time with.  The Steeles were my second family. They had 3 kids and their youngest daughter, Nan, was my age. Nan, my sister, Gina, and I played together almost daily.  Our parents… Continue reading Spirograph Christmas

In a previous post, I’ve talked about playing Dirty Santa at a Christmas party.  I suggest that you look at this previous post if you don’t know the rules of the game. The Dirty Santa game became a staple of our department Christmas parties. Each year we would push the limits even more on what… Continue reading More Dirty Santa

In previous posts, I have talked about Christmas gifts at work. “Dirty Santa” gift swaps became a staple of the department Christmas parties we had several years back. For those of you unfamiliar with how these swaps work, the rules are simple. Each person brings a wrapped gift. There is usually a targeted dollar amount for… Continue reading Dirty Santa